The Division II Outside Monitor & Discipline Championships start at the moment and run till Saturday. This 12 months, HBCU athletes will compete in 15 completely different occasions for women and men.
Listed here are the HBCU athletes who will make their bid for an NCAA Outside Monitor & Discipline championship.
Ladies
100m: Shantae George | Lincoln (Mo.)
Lincoln (Mo.) sprinter Shantae George is the one HBCU girls’s athlete who competed in a person occasion within the indoor championships (200m) and also will compete in a single throughout the outside championships. George posted her season-best time (11.44) within the 100m throughout the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Affiliation (MIAA) championship ultimate, ending second within the subject. Within the indoor championships, she completed 18th within the 60m and 200m, respectively.
200m: Hayleigh Bryant | Winston-Salem State
The primary CIAA and freshman athlete to be highlighted, Winston-Salem State’s Hayleigh Bryant would be the solely lady to compete within the 200m. Bryant involves the Outside Championships after successful the CIAA title within the 200m, posting a time of 23.83. She posted her season-best time of 23.66 per week later on the Dani Palooza Final Probability meet.
400m Hurdles: Shevanae Thomas | Lincoln (Mo.)
For the primary time since 2022, Shevanae Thomas will compete in a person nationwide championship within the 400-meter hurdles. Thomas completed second within the MIAA championships, posting a 58.88 within the finals. She certified for Lincoln’s 4×400 meter relay throughout the indoor season, ending fifth within the subject.
400m Hurdles: Maria Diamond | Lincoln (Mo.)
The second Lincoln (Mo.) athlete to qualify within the 400-meter hurdles, Maria Diamond is looking for her second straight podium end on the nationwide championships. Final 12 months, Diamond completed second within the finals, posting a career-best rating of 57.71.
400m Hurdles: Odeshia Nanton | Lincoln (Mo.)
Sophomore Odeshia Nanton will full the hat trick of Lincoln (Mo.) athletes competing within the 400-meter hurdles. Nanton claimed the MIAA 400 hurdle championship, scoring 58.82 within the finals. This will likely be her first profession particular person occasion nationwide championship look.
4×100 Relay: Lincoln (Mo.)- Shantae George, Shevanae Thomas, Monae Carey, Aaliyannah Anderson
Of their first of two relay appearances, Lincoln (Mo.)’s girls’s 4×100 relay staff will compete for a nationwide championship for the second 12 months in a row. Final 12 months, Lincoln claimed the outside title with a 44.20 time, beating the second-place staff by one-tenth of a second. At this 12 months’s MIAA championships, they completed second, posting a time of 45.32.
4×400 Relay: Lincoln (Mo.)- Shoneal Clarke-Gidding, Shevanae Thomas, Odeshia Nanton, Maria Diamond
This may even be the second straight 12 months Lincoln will take part within the 4×400 relay outside nationwide championship subject. Nonetheless, they didn’t fare as properly within the 4×400, falling in need of the finals and ending eleventh within the preliminary rounds. Just like the 4×100, Lincoln completed second within the MIAA championship 4×400, placing up a time of three:40.53.
Lengthy Soar: M’Smyra Seward | Fayetteville State
The primary subject occasion participant on this listing is Fayetteville State’s M’Smyra Seward, who isn’t any stranger to the outside nationwide championships. This will likely be Seward’s third time collaborating within the outside championships within the lengthy leap, ending second and fourth in her earlier appearances. After claiming the CIAA title with a leap of 6.09m, she set a brand new season-high on the Final Probability meet with 6.30m.
Triple Soar: Annalisa Barclay | Lincoln (Mo.)
Lincoln triple jumper Annalisa Barclay can be returning to the outside championships. That is Barclay’s third time competing within the outside championships, and he or she is looking for her first top-five end. Within the indoor ultimate, she completed twelfth with 12.12m, down considerably from her 12.45m within the MIAA championships. Throughout the outside convention championships, Barclay completed fifth with 12.09m.
Discus Throw: Sydney Blackburn | Albany State
Rounding out the ladies’s subject is Albany State’s Sydney Blackburn, the one HBCU athlete who will participate within the discus throw. That is Blackburn’s fourth outside championship look, having completed second and third in her final two appearances. She received the SIAC discus throw title, throwing 47.69m greater than 6.0m greater than the second-place competitor.
Males
100m/200m: Kibren Moore | Albany State
Leaping over to the boys’s athletes, Kibren Moore is the primary of two Albany State athletes who will compete in two occasions. Moore racked up three first-place finishes throughout the SIAC championships, together with the 100m (10.58), 200m (20.93), and 4×100 (40.39). He additionally completed second as a member of the 4×400 staff, posting a 3:11.92 time.
100m/200m: Ed Gilbert | Albany State
Senior Ed Gilbert is the second of two Albany State athletes who will compete in two occasions. Gilbert is trying to redeem himself within the nationwide championship, having been disqualified within the 200m in his final look in 2022. He completed third within the 100m (10.97) and 200m (21.23) throughout the SIAC championships.
400m Hurdles: Jaevon Riley | Claflin
Subsequent, we’ve got Claflin sophomore Jaevon Riley, the staff’s solely particular person nationwide championship qualifier. Riley took residence the CIAA title within the 400m (47.57) and 400m hurdles (51.69). This will likely be his second look within the outside nationwide championships within the 400m hurdles, having completed seventeenth final 12 months.
400m Hurdles: Sean Kalawan | St. Augustine’s
From Claflin’s solely particular person competitor to St. Augustine’s solely particular person competitor, senior Sean Kalawan. That is Kalawan’s second straight outside championship look within the 400 hurdles, inserting seventh in final 12 months’s occasion. He recorded a season-high 50.89 within the CIAA championship preliminaries earlier than coming in second behind Riley within the finals with a 51.95.
400m Hurdles: Sharim Hamilton | Lincoln (Mo.)
Sharim Hamilton is the final of three HBCU males competing within the 400m hurdles, and he’s the one man who will take part on this 12 months’s nationwide championships. Hamilton is making his first outside nationwide championship look and his first-ever in a person occasion (he competed in 4×400 on this 12 months’s indoor championships). He completed second within the MIAA championships, clocking in a season-high 51.58 time.
4×100 Relay: Albany State: Jayvon Hutchinson, Kibren Moore, Jordan Smith, Ed Gilbert
The Albany State 4×100 relay staff is making its first nationwide championship look since competing within the 2019 outside championships. After posting a season-high 39.74 within the preliminary rounds, they took residence the SIAC championship with a 40.39 within the finals.
4×400 Relay: St. Augustine’s: Ha’Mir Hampton, Sean Kalawan, Shawn Partitions, Amarion Harrell
St. Augustine’s will search for a greater place this time after ending second to final within the 4×400 relay throughout the indoor championships. Though St. Aug completed fifth within the CIAA championships with a time of three:20.51, solely Shawn Partitions ran in that relay. Utilizing this group, they’ve a season-best time of three:09.12.
4×400 Relay: Claflin: Jaevon Riley, Chander Anderson, Jonathan Flemister, Zion Murry
Claflin’s 4×400 relay staff, which claimed the CIAA title with a time of three:10.80, wraps up the operating occasions. Every week later, Claflin posted a season-high 3:09.30 on the Lee College Final Probability meet.
Lengthy Soar: Markus White | Virginia State
Virginia State freshman Markus White is returning to the nationwide championship stage within the lengthy leap. White additionally certified within the lengthy leap throughout the indoor championship season, ending second after measuring 7.55m. He secured the CIAA title with a 7.41m measurement earlier than posting a season-high 7.59m on the LR Final Probability meet.
Triple Soar: Rajaun Ricketts | Benedict
Benedict’s solely qualifier, sophomore Rajaun Ricketts, will compete within the triple leap. That is Ricketts’ second straight outside championship look, having completed tenth in final 12 months’s occasion. Within the SIAC championships, he claimed the title by placing up 15.39m.
